Abstract
IN a copy of NATURE published on December 11, 1884 (vol. xxxi. p. 127), I noticed a statement by Herr von Danckelman that in all the publications relating to Africa, accounts of injuries caused by lightning are so rare that he scarcely found any literature concerning the use of lightning conductors or the frequency of accidents caused by lightning in the tropics. After an unbroken residence of twelve years in the Egyptian Equatorial Province, I can give to your meteorological readers a little information on the subject in question, and I venture to submit the following list of injuries which occurred during the years 1878–86. It must, however, be understood that this is not to be regarded as a complete list of the accidents which occurred, for during the years 1878–80 I was nearly always travelling about, and was therefore unable to collect information of a satisfactory character.
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PASHA, E. Injuries caused by Lightning in Africa. Nature 37, 582–583 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/037582c0
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